Analyze historical construction costs for benchmarking, trend analysis, and estimating calibration.

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Install Historical Cost Analyzer

skills CLI
$ npx skills add datadrivenconstruction/DDC_Skills_for_AI_Agents_in_Construction --skill historical-cost-analyzer -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install datadrivenconstruction/DDC_Skills_for_AI_Agents_in_Construction historical-cost-analyzer --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/datadrivenconstruction/DDC_Skills_for_AI_Agents_in_Construction.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/2_DDC_Book/3.1-Cost-Estimation/historical-cost-analyzer .claude/skills/historical-cost-analyzer && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
historical-cost-analyzer
GitHub stars
345
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~4.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
68 words
Files
3
Skills in repo
36
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Analyze historical construction costs for benchmarking, trend analysis, and estimating calibration.

  • Tasks that involve Performance reviews
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Business Case, Technical Implementation and Quick Start, plus 1 more section
  • Calls pip
  • Tasks that involve Forecasting and time series

What it does

Historical Cost Analyzer is an agent skill from datadrivenconstruction/DDC_Skills_for_AI_Agents_in_Construction. Analyze historical construction costs for benchmarking, trend analysis, and estimating calibration. Compare projects, track escalation, identify patterns.

Its SKILL.md is about 4.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `claw.json` and `instructions.md`).

It sits in Business, Finance & HR, covering Performance reviews and Forecasting and time series. The repository describes itself as: 221 AI skills for construction: BIM analysis, cost estimation, scheduling, document control, and automation with Claude Code. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Performance reviews
  • Tasks that involve Forecasting and time series

Example prompts

  • “/historical-cost-analyzer”

Requirements

  • Python 3

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ce45bbf. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

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  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • pip

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    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Historical Cost Analyzer loads about 4.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 45 tokens; SKILL.md has 68 words of instructions outside code blocks.

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SKILL.md

The full file from datadrivenconstruction/DDC_Skills_for_AI_Agents_in_Construction at commit ce45bbf, republished under its MIT licence (© datadrivenconstruction). 68 words, ~4,129 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/historical-cost-analyzer/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
historical-cost-analyzer
description
Analyze historical construction costs for benchmarking, trend analysis, and estimating calibration. Compare projects, track escalation, identify patterns.
homepage
https://datadrivenconstruction.io

Historical Cost Analyzer for Construction

Overview

Analyze historical construction cost data for benchmarking, escalation tracking, and estimating calibration. Compare similar projects, identify cost drivers, and improve future estimates.

Business Case

Historical cost analysis enables:

  • Benchmarking: Compare current estimates to past projects
  • Calibration: Improve estimating accuracy using actual data
  • Trends: Track cost escalation and market changes
  • Risk Assessment: Identify cost drivers and overrun patterns

Technical Implementation

python
from dataclasses import dataclass, field
from typing import List, Dict, Any, Optional, Tuple
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
from datetime import datetime
from scipy import stats

@dataclass
class CostBenchmark:
    metric_name: str
    value: float
    unit: str
    percentile_25: float
    percentile_50: float
    percentile_75: float
    sample_size: int
    project_types: List[str]

@dataclass
class EscalationAnalysis:
    from_year: int
    to_year: int
    annual_rate: float
    total_change: float
    category: str
    confidence: float

@dataclass
class CostDriver:
    factor: str
    impact_percentage: float
    correlation: float
    description: str

class HistoricalCostAnalyzer:
    """Analyze historical construction costs."""

    # RSMeans City Cost Indexes (sample - would be loaded from database)
    LOCATION_FACTORS = {
        'New York': 1.32, 'San Francisco': 1.28, 'Los Angeles': 1.15,
        'Chicago': 1.12, 'Houston': 0.92, 'Dallas': 0.89,
        'Phoenix': 0.93, 'Atlanta': 0.91, 'Denver': 1.02,
        'Seattle': 1.08, 'National Average': 1.00
    }

    # Historical cost indices by year
    COST_INDICES = {
        2015: 100.0, 2016: 102.1, 2017: 105.3, 2018: 109.2,
        2019: 112.5, 2020: 114.8, 2021: 121.4, 2022: 135.6,
        2023: 142.3, 2024: 148.7, 2025: 154.2, 2026: 160.0
    }

    def __init__(self, historical_data: pd.DataFrame = None):
        self.data = historical_data
        self.benchmarks: Dict[str, CostBenchmark] = {}

    def load_data(self, data: pd.DataFrame):
        """Load historical project data."""
        self.data = data.copy()

        # Normalize data
        if 'completion_year' not in self.data.columns and 'completion_date' in self.data.columns:
            self.data['completion_year'] = pd.to_datetime(self.data['completion_date']).dt.year

        # Calculate key metrics
        if 'gross_area' in self.data.columns and 'final_cost' in self.data.columns:
            self.data['cost_per_sf'] = self.data['final_cost'] / self.data['gross_area']

        if 'original_estimate' in self.data.columns and 'final_cost' in self.data.columns:
            self.data['overrun_pct'] = ((self.data['final_cost'] - self.data['original_estimate'])
                                         / self.data['original_estimate'] * 100)

    def normalize_to_year(self, costs: pd.Series, from_years: pd.Series,
                          to_year: int = 2026) -> pd.Series:
        """Normalize costs to a common year using cost indices."""
        normalized = costs.copy()

        for i, (cost, year) in enumerate(zip(costs, from_years)):
            if pd.notna(cost) and pd.notna(year):
                year = int(year)
                if year in self.COST_INDICES and to_year in self.COST_INDICES:
                    factor = self.COST_INDICES[to_year] / self.COST_INDICES[year]
                    normalized.iloc[i] = cost * factor

        return normalized

    def normalize_to_location(self, costs: pd.Series, locations: pd.Series,
                               to_location: str = 'National Average') -> pd.Series:
        """Normalize costs to a common location."""
        normalized = costs.copy()
        to_factor = self.LOCATION_FACTORS.get(to_location, 1.0)

        for i, (cost, loc) in enumerate(zip(costs, locations)):
            if pd.notna(cost) and loc in self.LOCATION_FACTORS:
                from_factor = self.LOCATION_FACTORS[loc]
                normalized.iloc[i] = cost * (to_factor / from_factor)

        return normalized

    def calculate_benchmarks(self, project_type: str = None,
                              year_range: Tuple[int, int] = None) -> Dict[str, CostBenchmark]:
        """Calculate cost benchmarks from historical data."""
        df = self.data.copy()

        # Filter by project type
        if project_type and 'project_type' in df.columns:
            df = df[df['project_type'] == project_type]

        # Filter by year range
        if year_range and 'completion_year' in df.columns:
            df = df[(df['completion_year'] >= year_range[0]) &
                    (df['completion_year'] <= year_range[1])]

        benchmarks = {}

        # Cost per SF
        if 'cost_per_sf' in df.columns:
            values = df['cost_per_sf'].dropna()
            if len(values) > 0:
                benchmarks['cost_per_sf'] = CostBenchmark(
                    metric_name='Cost per SF',
                    value=values.median(),
                    unit='$/SF',
                    percentile_25=values.quantile(0.25),
                    percentile_50=values.quantile(0.50),
                    percentile_75=values.quantile(0.75),
                    sample_size=len(values),
                    project_types=[project_type] if project_type else df['project_type'].unique().tolist()
                )

        # Overrun percentage
        if 'overrun_pct' in df.columns:
            values = df['overrun_pct'].dropna()
            if len(values) > 0:
                benchmarks['overrun_pct'] = CostBenchmark(
                    metric_name='Cost Overrun',
                    value=values.median(),
                    unit='%',
                    percentile_25=values.quantile(0.25),
                    percentile_50=values.quantile(0.50),
                    percentile_75=values.quantile(0.75),
                    sample_size=len(values),
                    project_types=[project_type] if project_type else df['project_type'].unique().tolist()
                )

        self.benchmarks.update(benchmarks)
        return benchmarks

    def calculate_escalation(self, category: str = 'overall',
                              from_year: int = 2020,
                              to_year: int = 2026) -> EscalationAnalysis:
        """Calculate cost escalation between years."""
        if from_year in self.COST_INDICES and to_year in self.COST_INDICES:
            from_index = self.COST_INDICES[from_year]
            to_index = self.COST_INDICES[to_year]

            total_change = (to_index - from_index) / from_index
            years = to_year - from_year
            annual_rate = (to_index / from_index) ** (1 / years) - 1 if years > 0 else 0

            return EscalationAnalysis(
                from_year=from_year,
                to_year=to_year,
                annual_rate=annual_rate,
                total_change=total_change,
                category=category,
                confidence=0.95
            )

        return None

    def identify_cost_drivers(self, target_col: str = 'cost_per_sf') -> List[CostDriver]:
        """Identify factors that drive costs."""
        if self.data is None or target_col not in self.data.columns:
            return []

        drivers = []
        target = self.data[target_col].dropna()

        # Analyze numeric columns
        numeric_cols = self.data.select_dtypes(include=[np.number]).columns
        exclude = [target_col, 'final_cost', 'original_estimate']

        for col in numeric_cols:
            if col not in exclude:
                valid_mask = self.data[col].notna() & self.data[target_col].notna()
                if valid_mask.sum() > 10:
                    corr, p_value = stats.pearsonr(
                        self.data.loc[valid_mask, col],
                        self.data.loc[valid_mask, target_col]
                    )

                    if abs(corr) > 0.3 and p_value < 0.05:
                        impact = corr * self.data[col].std() / target.std() * 100

                        drivers.append(CostDriver(
                            factor=col,
                            impact_percentage=abs(impact),
                            correlation=corr,
                            description=f"{'Positive' if corr > 0 else 'Negative'} correlation with {target_col}"
                        ))

        # Analyze categorical columns
        categorical_cols = self.data.select_dtypes(include=['object', 'category']).columns

        for col in categorical_cols:
            if col not in ['project_id', 'project_name']:
                groups = self.data.groupby(col)[target_col].mean()
                if len(groups) > 1:
                    variance = groups.var()
                    overall_var = target.var()

                    if variance / overall_var > 0.1:
                        drivers.append(CostDriver(
                            factor=col,
                            impact_percentage=variance / overall_var * 100,
                            correlation=0,
                            description=f"Categorical factor with significant cost variation"
                        ))

        return sorted(drivers, key=lambda x: -x.impact_percentage)

    def compare_to_benchmark(self, estimate: Dict, project_type: str = None) -> Dict:
        """Compare an estimate to historical benchmarks."""
        if project_type:
            self.calculate_benchmarks(project_type)

        comparison = {}

        # Cost per SF comparison
        if 'cost_per_sf' in estimate and 'cost_per_sf' in self.benchmarks:
            benchmark = self.benchmarks['cost_per_sf']
            value = estimate['cost_per_sf']

            percentile = stats.percentileofscore(
                self.data['cost_per_sf'].dropna(), value
            )

            comparison['cost_per_sf'] = {
                'estimate': value,
                'benchmark_median': benchmark.value,
                'benchmark_range': (benchmark.percentile_25, benchmark.percentile_75),
                'percentile': percentile,
                'status': 'within_range' if benchmark.percentile_25 <= value <= benchmark.percentile_75 else 'outside_range'
            }

        return comparison

    def find_similar_projects(self, criteria: Dict, n: int = 10) -> pd.DataFrame:
        """Find similar historical projects."""
        df = self.data.copy()

        # Filter by criteria
        if 'project_type' in criteria:
            df = df[df['project_type'] == criteria['project_type']]

        if 'gross_area' in criteria:
            target = criteria['gross_area']
            tolerance = criteria.get('area_tolerance', 0.3)
            df = df[(df['gross_area'] >= target * (1 - tolerance)) &
                    (df['gross_area'] <= target * (1 + tolerance))]

        if 'location' in criteria and 'location' in df.columns:
            df = df[df['location'] == criteria['location']]

        if 'year_range' in criteria:
            df = df[(df['completion_year'] >= criteria['year_range'][0]) &
                    (df['completion_year'] <= criteria['year_range'][1])]

        # Sort by similarity (simple: by area difference)
        if 'gross_area' in criteria and 'gross_area' in df.columns:
            df['similarity'] = 1 - abs(df['gross_area'] - criteria['gross_area']) / criteria['gross_area']
            df = df.sort_values('similarity', ascending=False)

        return df.head(n)

    def analyze_overrun_patterns(self) -> Dict:
        """Analyze patterns in cost overruns."""
        if 'overrun_pct' not in self.data.columns:
            return {}

        analysis = {}

        # Overall statistics
        overruns = self.data['overrun_pct'].dropna()
        analysis['overall'] = {
            'mean': overruns.mean(),
            'median': overruns.median(),
            'std': overruns.std(),
            'projects_over_budget': (overruns > 0).sum(),
            'projects_under_budget': (overruns < 0).sum(),
            'pct_over_budget': (overruns > 0).mean() * 100
        }

        # By project type
        if 'project_type' in self.data.columns:
            by_type = self.data.groupby('project_type')['overrun_pct'].agg(['mean', 'std', 'count'])
            analysis['by_type'] = by_type.to_dict('index')

        # By size category
        if 'gross_area' in self.data.columns:
            self.data['size_category'] = pd.cut(
                self.data['gross_area'],
                bins=[0, 10000, 50000, 100000, np.inf],
                labels=['Small (<10k SF)', 'Medium (10-50k SF)', 'Large (50-100k SF)', 'Very Large (>100k SF)']
            )
            by_size = self.data.groupby('size_category')['overrun_pct'].agg(['mean', 'std', 'count'])
            analysis['by_size'] = by_size.to_dict('index')

        return analysis

    def generate_report(self, project_type: str = None) -> str:
        """Generate comprehensive cost analysis report."""
        lines = ["# Historical Cost Analysis Report", ""]
        lines.append(f"**Generated:** {datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d')}")
        lines.append(f"**Projects Analyzed:** {len(self.data):,}")
        if project_type:
            lines.append(f"**Project Type:** {project_type}")
        lines.append("")

        # Benchmarks
        benchmarks = self.calculate_benchmarks(project_type)
        if benchmarks:
            lines.append("## Cost Benchmarks")
            for name, bm in benchmarks.items():
                lines.append(f"\n### {bm.metric_name}")
                lines.append(f"- **Median:** {bm.value:.2f} {bm.unit}")
                lines.append(f"- **25th Percentile:** {bm.percentile_25:.2f} {bm.unit}")
                lines.append(f"- **75th Percentile:** {bm.percentile_75:.2f} {bm.unit}")
                lines.append(f"- **Sample Size:** {bm.sample_size}")

        # Escalation
        lines.append("\n## Cost Escalation")
        esc = self.calculate_escalation(from_year=2020, to_year=2026)
        if esc:
            lines.append(f"- **Period:** {esc.from_year} to {esc.to_year}")
            lines.append(f"- **Annual Rate:** {esc.annual_rate:.1%}")
            lines.append(f"- **Total Change:** {esc.total_change:.1%}")

        # Cost Drivers
        drivers = self.identify_cost_drivers()
        if drivers:
            lines.append("\n## Key Cost Drivers")
            for driver in drivers[:5]:
                lines.append(f"- **{driver.factor}:** {driver.impact_percentage:.1f}% impact (r={driver.correlation:.2f})")

        # Overrun Analysis
        overrun_analysis = self.analyze_overrun_patterns()
        if 'overall' in overrun_analysis:
            lines.append("\n## Overrun Analysis")
            overall = overrun_analysis['overall']
            lines.append(f"- **Average Overrun:** {overall['mean']:.1f}%")
            lines.append(f"- **Projects Over Budget:** {overall['pct_over_budget']:.1f}%")

        return "\n".join(lines)

Quick Start

python
import pandas as pd

# Load historical data
historical = pd.read_excel("historical_projects.xlsx")

# Initialize analyzer
analyzer = HistoricalCostAnalyzer()
analyzer.load_data(historical)

# Calculate benchmarks for office buildings
benchmarks = analyzer.calculate_benchmarks(project_type='Office')
print(f"Office median cost: ${benchmarks['cost_per_sf'].value:.2f}/SF")

# Calculate escalation
escalation = analyzer.calculate_escalation(from_year=2020, to_year=2026)
print(f"Annual escalation: {escalation.annual_rate:.1%}")

# Find similar projects
similar = analyzer.find_similar_projects({
    'project_type': 'Office',
    'gross_area': 50000,
    'year_range': (2020, 2025)
})
print(f"Found {len(similar)} similar projects")

# Compare estimate to benchmark
comparison = analyzer.compare_to_benchmark({'cost_per_sf': 250}, 'Office')
print(f"Estimate percentile: {comparison['cost_per_sf']['percentile']:.0f}th")

# Generate report
report = analyzer.generate_report('Office')
print(report)

Dependencies

bash
pip install pandas numpy scipy

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Files

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  • instructions.md

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Questions about Historical Cost Analyzer

What does Historical Cost Analyzer do?

Analyze historical construction costs for benchmarking, trend analysis, and estimating calibration. Historical Cost Analyzer is an agent skill from datadrivenconstruction/DDC_Skills_for_AI_Agents_in_Construction. Analyze historical construction costs for benchmarking, trend analysis, and estimating calibration.

When should I use Historical Cost Analyzer?

Historical Cost Analyzer fits situations like: tasks that involve Performance reviews; tasks that involve Forecasting and time series.

How do I install Historical Cost Analyzer in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add datadrivenconstruction/DDC_Skills_for_AI_Agents_in_Construction --skill historical-cost-analyzer -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (2_DDC_Book/3.1-Cost-Estimation/historical-cost-analyzer in datadrivenconstruction/DDC_Skills_for_AI_Agents_in_Construction) into .claude/skills/historical-cost-analyzer in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Historical Cost Analyzer in Codex?

Run `npx skills add datadrivenconstruction/DDC_Skills_for_AI_Agents_in_Construction --skill historical-cost-analyzer -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (2_DDC_Book/3.1-Cost-Estimation/historical-cost-analyzer in datadrivenconstruction/DDC_Skills_for_AI_Agents_in_Construction) into .agents/skills/historical-cost-analyzer in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Historical Cost Analyzer in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add datadrivenconstruction/DDC_Skills_for_AI_Agents_in_Construction --skill historical-cost-analyzer -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/historical-cost-analyzer, .gemini/skills/historical-cost-analyzer, .github/skills/historical-cost-analyzer and .opencode/skills/historical-cost-analyzer in your project.

What does Historical Cost Analyzer need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Historical Cost Analyzer needs the command-line tools its instructions call (pip). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Historical Cost Analyzer access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use pip, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Historical Cost Analyzer safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Historical Cost Analyzer use?

Historical Cost Analyzer is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Historical Cost Analyzer use?

About 4.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 17k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Historical Cost Analyzer?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Historical Cost Analyzer: Bayesian Reasoning Calibration (lyndonkl/claude, 164 stars), Actuarial Risk Modeling (magnus919/agent-skills, 115 stars), Bio Metabolomics Targeted Analysis (FreedomIntelligence/OpenClaw-Medical-Skills, 3.1k stars) and Charlie (EveryInc/charlie-cfo-skill, 323 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Historical Cost Analyzer?

datadrivenconstruction (a GitHub user) maintains it in datadrivenconstruction/DDC_Skills_for_AI_Agents_in_Construction, which has 345 GitHub stars. The repository holds 36 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 22, 2026.

Source: datadrivenconstruction/DDC_Skills_for_AI_Agents_in_Construction on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.